Posts tagged "space"

There’s a new model that hypothesizes that the universe did not start with the Big Bang, and that, in fact, the universe has no beginning or end in time. Like, the universe never started, and the universe is never going to end. I’ll do my best to explain this, not being a physicist or…

The universe is smiling down on us—almost literally. The Hubble Telescope has captured a "smiley face" in space: two bright yellow eyes (a cluster of galaxies called SDSS J1038+4849), a white nose, and a faint smile and incomplete circle around the entire face. But those curving lines "don't exist—or at least not in the form…

Humans have yet to set foot on Mars, but one British woman already wants to be the first to give birth on the red planet. Maggie Lieu, 24, is an astrophysics Ph. D. candidate at Birmingham University. She is also one of 600 people being considered for the Mars One project, which hope…

Are you ready for your minds to be BLOWN? Via PBS and Scientific American, a new theory contends that when the Big Bang occurred and the universe expanded, it did so in two directions not just one, creating a mirror universe on the other side of the Big Bang. Except instead…

I've had one fork in my apartment since I moved in six months ago. Some may find this sad, but I find it liberating. No longer do I feel like I need to live in this self-imposed multiple fork prison that culture demands from us. Why do I need to spend more money on fork…

"For me, the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept ... Whenever people bring up feminism, I'm like, god. I'm just not really that interested. ... I'm more interested in, you know, SpaceX and Tesla, what's going to happen with our intergalactic possibilities." Of all the dumb reasons various famous women have give…

Sunday nights I have a ritual. I cook a kick ass dinner, I smoke some weed and I watch "Cosmos" high. The show is incredible all on its own, but man, it is mind-blowing when you're stoned. The visuals are even more wondrous and the expansiveness of the universe is, like, extra, extra expansive and crazy and WHOA. But…

Did you get a chance to step outside last night/early this morning to look at the blood moon? This was the first full lunar eclipse in three years, and the first in a series of four that will conclude in September 2015. the Earth will begin to position itself between the sun and the moon for…

In honor of Amelia's current obsession with Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Cosmos," this week's Etsy Spotlight is a space-tastic galaxy print flask. Because hey, when your mind is blown by quotes like, "The cosmos is also within us. We’re made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself,"…

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey," Neil deGrasse Tyson's reboot of Carl Sagan's 1980s' television documentary series, "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage," is, so far, one of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring shows I've ever watched. (Seriously, watching it I was more excited and moved than this little girl.) Jetting around…

I want to leave the planet. In particular, I'd like to live on Mars. Is that a strange goal? It's my job to convince people that it's not, because if everything goes according to plan, I could be saying goodbye to Earth as soon as 2024. As an astronaut candidate for a manned mission to…

This week's Etsy Spotlight was a total no-brainer. My parents got me this beautiful galaxy print infinity scarf from Etsy shop ShadowplayNYC for Christmas, and I'm so obsessed with it I can barely talk about anything else. It's made of soft cotton jersey (that's surprisingly warm!) and printed with…

SexToy.com, an online distributor of adult products, made history when they decided to launch the first ever sex doll into space because? God, I really don't know. But the important thing is that "Mission 69" was successfully completed and captured on video for the world to see. So, how did…

I haven't seen "Gravity" yet, but I'm eager to, as I love movies about space and the reviews have, for the most part, been really, really good. But one person wasn't necessarily so impressed with the accuracy of Alfonso Cuaron's cinematic vision -- renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tyso…

I left the theatre after seeing Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" with a quietly roiling anxiety in the pit of my stomach, and a deep desire never to go to space. I'm still recovering today! If the trailer above isn't enough, here's the story: Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are in space, working on a routine mission,…

Obviously, life in outer space would be no vacation -- you're out there braving the final frontier, battling meteors and malfunctioning airlocks, and knowing you'll die horribly in the abyss of space if some tiny thing goes amiss. But that's what's so awesome about it -- it's an adventure, baby! And you're doing it all…

"We talked on the phone for that one long time, which was certainly a nice morale thing for me. I'm up there on the station with five guys and to get to talk to somebody who, even instantly on the phone, is so personable, it was like talking to a girlfriend." --NASA Astronaut Cady Colema…

I've been staring at this photo of the Perseid meteor shower streaking across the milky way over the Lindisfarne Castle in the UK for the past 20 minutes. I guess I should actually start working soon, but damn, it's so beautiful that I had to share. Oh, and just in case you want to catch some…

Apparently in 1962, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (that's NASA) had no interest in sending women into space. They were also pretty sure that they would never need such a ridiculous program. Ladies! In space! LOL! Check out this letter, which says, “We have no existing program concerning woman astronauts nor do we contemplate…

In honor of "Star Trek" Week -- which, let's face it, is every week in my heart -- I bought the most awesome galaxy-printed dress in homage to my love of space travel. And then I realized, WHY STOP THERE? Keep clicking to find out…

Simply Irresistible

Taking a page out of those girls you went to high school with who can't stop smugly posting every detail of their perfect lives on Facebook, Lady Gaga shaded America's youngest grandma Taylor Swift just perfectly on Twitter yesterday. It all started when Jaime King's unborn child's godmother tweeted about Gaga, using the preferred…

Oh look, it's hottest DILF alive, Ryan Gosling, making a rare appearance in public grabbing lunch in LA today. And what's that I see? In addition to his perfectly worn T-shirt (that collar is stretched just so), hoodie and leather jacket, the Gos is rocking a few faint letters on his knuckles, spelling out the…